#1
Hold onto what’s true.
Staring long at the river
Won’t wear down the rocks
#2
Wear down opponents
Return their gaze with a stare
Dam up truth’s river
#3
Wear the badge of truth
Hold fast against the river
Even as they stare
Picture credit: flickr.com/photos/donsullivan/9752742114
Written for: http://thesecretkeeper.net/2016/02/08/weekly-writing-prompt-23/
using the prompts stare – river – hold – true – wear
Put me in mind, fondly, of being at the park, at the edge of the lake, enjoying myself. 🙂
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Sounds wonderful 🙂
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I like the perspective of the river and truth! Nicely done.
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Thank you… The river never stops flowing 🙂
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I like the way you have written these Al, using the same three words in all three but all totally different! 🙂
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Thanks Judy. Good set of prompts here 🙂
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Haiku of power and strength. Well written. 🙂
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Thanks Susan 🙂
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Deep messages in a shallow river! 😉 Nice!
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The irony is that I’m the opposite of that 😉
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So you have shallow messages in your deep person? 😉
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Exactly!
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I don’t believe that! 🙂
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I have hidden shallows 🙂
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Heehee…
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Love them all, as usual, but I think #1 really struck me tonight 🙂
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Thanks Dawn 🙂
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Superb!!
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Thanks Taruna 🙂
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Your Haiku were very upstanding. A fantastic job of your different approaches to the uses of the words. Great Haiku. I always wonder how you spin the words in your brilliant mind. So keen your working of the words. Brilliant. – jk
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This style of prompt just fits the way my mind works. Thank you 🙂
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